Trainer Chad Brown and jockey Flavien Prat enjoyed an afternoon most horsemen only fantasize about during last season’s “Turf Champions Day” card at...
BROWN, McGAUGHEY HORSES HEAD NOMS FOR ENDEAVOUR, TAMPA BAY STAKES
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LOTS OF WINNERS IN LATE PICK 5; MARIN WINS 4, CAMACHO WINS 3
Morning rain and chilly winds did little to diminish the enthusiasm of bettors seeking a pot of gold at the end of today’s late Pick 5, which...
EXTRASEXYBIGDADDEE UPSETS TURF TEST MALES; 80K LATE PICK 5 CARRYOVER
Throughout much of his career, 8-year-old gelding Extrasexybigdaddee has been afflicted with a case of “second-itis,” having finished as the...
O’CONNELL WINS TRAINER OF MONTH; 35 BETTORS COLLECT $21,765 ON PICK 5
Since her horses were sidelined for seven racing days in December, Tampa Bay Downs trainer Kathleen O’Connell has been making up for lost time....
BUSH RETIRES ON OWN TERMS BY WINNING HIS FINAL RACE WEDNESDAY
After jockey Vernon Bush fractured his back in three places and broke a rib last August when his mount flipped over in the post parade at Belterra...
MARIN WINS 4; LATE PICK-5 CARRYOVER EXCEEDS $83K INTO FRIDAY
Winning four races on a single card is a big deal for any jockey. Today at Tampa Bay Downs, it also turned into a major event for bettors. Thanks to...
“LIVE IT UP CHALLENGE” STARTS SATURDAY; MARIN, SIMONE EACH WIN 3
One of the track’s most popular promotions, the “Live It Up Challenge” handicapping contest, begins Saturday, running through the March 7 Festival...
DREXEL HILL RETURNS WITH FLOURISH, WINS WAYWARD LASS; TESSELLATE WINS
Jockey Ben Curtis would have preferred a quicker early-pace scenario in the $125,000, mile-and-a-sixteenth Wayward Lass Stakes from which to launch...